Day: July 3, 2024

Criminal cases involving allegations of sexual violence cannot be quashed on the basis of monetary payments as doing so would imply that “justice is for sale”, the Delhi High Court has observed. The high court said even if the parties have reached a compromise in a sexual violence case, they cannot demand quashing of the FIR as a matter of right. The court made the observation while rejecting a plea moved by a rape accused seeking quashing of an FIR registered by a woman on the ground that the matter was amicably settled between the parties and that she agreed to settle for Rs 1.5 lakh. “… This court is of the opinion that criminal cases involving allegations of sexual violence cannot be quashed on the basis of monetary payments, as doing so would imply that justice is for sale,” Justice S...

Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday slammed BJP MP Santosh Pandey for his statement in Lok Sabha over the alleged Mahadev app scam and wondered why the betting platform had not been banned by the BJP-led Central and state governments. The senior Congress leader said he would write a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker against Pandey who made baseless allegations in Parliament. Earlier in the day, Mr Pandey, representing Rajnandgaon parliamentary seat in Chhattisgarh, in a veiled attack on Mr Baghel accused him of operating a betting operation worth over Rs 6,000 crore in the name of Lord Mahadev during his tenure as Chief Minister. In response, Mr Baghel stated that when he was heading the state government (2018-2023), more than 70 FIRs were registered, hundreds of ind...

At least 12 Indian nationals suspected to be involved in cybercrimes were arrested and their equipment seized during a raid in central Sri Lanka, a media report said on Tuesday, thus taking the total of similar arrests to more than 70 over the last week. In their continued crackdown on foreigners who come on tourist visas and indulge in suspected criminal activities, Sri Lankan police also arrested 30 Chinese nationals for engaging in a crypto-currency racket. Police said they carried out the raid on information received by Senior DIG Central Province Lalith Pathinayake and arrested the organised group of 12 Indian nationals suspected to be responsible for cybercrimes from a house at Halloluwa in Kandy, about 120-odd km east of Colombo, late on Monday night, news portal Daily Mirror said. ...

India's first solar mission Aditya-L1 spacecraft completed its first halo orbit around the Sun-Earth L1 point on Tuesday, ISRO said. The space agency said its station-keeping manoeuvre on Tuesday ensured its seamless transition into the second halo orbit. The Aditya-L1 mission, which is an Indian solar observatory at Lagrangian point L1, was launched on September 2, 2023 and was inserted in its targeted halo orbit on January 6, 2024. According to ISRO, Aditya-L1 spacecraft in the halo orbit takes 178 days to complete a revolution around the L1 point. During its travel in the halo orbit, Aditya-L1 spacecraft will be subjected to various perturbing forces that will cause it to depart from the targeted orbit, the space agency said. "Aditya-L1 underwent two station-keeping manoeuvres on Februa...

The Lok Sabha passed a resolution on Tuesday condemning Opposition's disruptions during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address, with Union minister Rajnath Singh saying these actions "shredded" parliamentary norms. After the prime minister's speech, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh moved the resolution. "The manner in which the Opposition shredded parliamentary norms when the PM was speaking on the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address, I propose that the House condemns this action," Rajnath Singh said. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla also chided opposition leaders for their actions, saying their behaviour was not in line with parliamentary norms. "I gave sufficient time to all members. I gave more than 90 minutes to leader of opposition but this behaviour is not in line w...

The Lok Sabha passed a resolution on Tuesday condemning Opposition's disruptions during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address, with Union minister Rajnath Singh saying these actions "shredded" parliamentary norms. After the prime minister's speech, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh moved the resolution. "The manner in which the Opposition shredded parliamentary norms when the PM was speaking on the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address, I propose that the House condemns this action," Rajnath Singh said. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla also chided opposition leaders for their actions, saying their behaviour was not in line with parliamentary norms. "I gave sufficient time to all members. I gave more than 90 minutes to leader of opposition but this behaviour is not in line w...

Hathras Stampede Updates: उत्तर प्रदेश (Uttar Pradesh) के हाथरस में मंगलवार को सत्संग में हुए एक बड़े हादसे में बड़ी संख्या में लोगों के मारे जाने की खबर है. भगदड़ मचने से कम से कम 116 लोगों की मौत हो गई है. आखिर कौन है भोले बाबा, जिसके सत्संग में इतना बड़ा हादसा हो गया. हाथरस के सिंकदाराऊ से 5 किमी दूर एटा रोड पर सत्संग का यह टेंट लगा था. खुले खेत में करीब 100 बीघे में सत्संग का आयोजन किया गया था. भगदड़ के बाद यहां मौत का मातम पसरा हुआ है. टाट-पट्टी बिखरी पड़ी है. चारों तरफ सन्नाटा है. कुछ देर पहले वहां क्या हुआ होगा, उसकी गवाही चारों तरफ बिखरा लोगों का सामान दे रहा है. आखिर भगदड़ कैसे हुई.  Hathras Stampede Updates: उत्तर प्रदेश (Uttar Pradesh) के हाथरस में मंगलवार को सत्संग में हुए एक बड़े हादसे में बड़ी संख्या में लोगों के मारे जाने की खबर है. भगदड़ मचने से कम से कम 116 लोगों की मौत हो...

The first FIR registered in Delhi under provisions of the new criminal code Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against a street vendor was cancelled after police filed a closure report in a court on Tuesday. Pankaj was booked for allegedly obstructing a public way in central Delhi's Kamala Market area on Monday, when the BNS and two other new criminal laws came into effect. Police had initiated the process on Monday but it was formally cancelled after they submitted a closure report before the Tis Hazari court on Tuesday, a senior officer said. Pankaj was booked under section 285 of the BNS for allegedly obstructing a public way while selling water bottles, bidi and cigarettes from a cart under a foot overbridge near the New Delhi railway station around 12:15 am. The FIR was registered at 1.57 ...